{"id":14817,"date":"2012-11-08T11:49:09","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T16:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=14817"},"modified":"2012-11-12T17:06:28","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T22:06:28","slug":"veterans-remembrance-to-occur-at-pacifist-emu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/veterans-remembrance-to-occur-at-pacifist-emu\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans\u2019 Remembrance Held at Pacifist EMU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. Army veteran of the Iraqi War, Evan Knappenberger, led a student-initiated remembrance of veterans on Monday, Nov. 12, at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVeterans Day is typically a holiday that pays homage to veterans with parades, concerts and celebration,\u201d said Knappenberger, who left the army in 2007 after nearly four years of service as an enlisted man, including a year in the Iraqi war. \u201cSometimes it can seem like a celebration of war and militarism, more of a political event than a remembrance. \u00a0Because of this, portions of the community \u2013 especially young people and pacifists \u2013 can be left feeling alienated on this special holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Knappenberger, president of the Charlottesville chapter of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.veteransforpeace.org\/\">Veterans for Peace<\/a>, said he is working with other veterans, as well as non-veterans in the EMU community, to bridge what he calls a \u201ccultural divide\u201c on matters of military service and sacrifices.<\/p>\n<p>Knappenberger said veterans can feel \u201coppressed,\u201d even by \u201ctraditionally pacifist people like Mennonites who have come to be afraid of us. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVeterans are a sacred political cow,\u201d he added. \u201cThey are given lip-service, swept under the rug and ignored. But many veterans are also peace advocates, pacifists, scholars, and activists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegardless of politics, soldiers want to serve their country, which is an honorable thing \u2013 not to kill random people in some country they\u2019ve never heard of. \u00a0We must reach out to veterans and help them find peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Nov. 12 remembrance at EMU centered around a project called \u201cEyes Wide Open,\u201d for which 200 pairs of military-issued boots were displayed in rows in front of the central campus building at EMU, along with tags linking each pair to the deceased Virginia soldier who wore the boots in Iraq or Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese boots show the human cost of war and bring to light the cultural and social oppression of veterans as a whole,\u201d said Knappenberger, who entered EMU as a junior majoring in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/bible\/majors\/#philosophy-theology\">philosophy and theology<\/a> in the fall of 2012.\u00a0 \u201cEyes Wide Open is a powerful display of what goes on just under the surface of U.S. foreign and economic policy, and a poignant reminder of the burdens of young soldiers\u2019 oppression in unpopular and unsuccessful wars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Eyes Wide Open display was staffed from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Nov. 12, said Knappenberger. \u00a0A talk-back event was held in the Strite Conference Room in the Campus Center at 9 that evening. Knappenberger said he welcomes inquiries and volunteers. 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